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Marimari.com : Macau - History - English
URL: http://www.marimari.com/content/macau/general_info/history/main.html

Macau is derived from the name of a Chinese goddess, known as A-Má or Ling Má, and is popular with seafarers and fishermen. When Portuguese sailors landed and asked the name of the place, the natives replied A-Ma-Gao (Bay of A Ma). In modern usage, Amagao was shortened to Macau.

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From Macau´s Swedish history - English
URL: http://victorian.fortunecity.com/vermeer/899/macau.html

This is the street in Macau named after Anders Ljungstedt, Avenida Sir Anders Ljungstedt. It is situated in a new district in the very centre of the city which is built on reclaimed land.

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History/Intro to Wow Macau - English
URL: http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Macau/macau.html

As you might know, Macau is a peninsula on the southwestern side of China. There are two other islands near it, named Coloane and Taipa which are also part of the Portuguese colony of Macau.

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History of Macau - English
URL: http://motherearthtravel.com/macau/history.htm

A one page history of Macau.

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History of Macau - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/macau_history.html

Chinese records of Macau date back to the establishment in 1152 of Xiangshan County under which Macau was administered, though it remained unpopulated through most of the next century. Members of the South Sung (Song) Dynasty and some 50,000 followers were the first recorded inhabitants of the area, seeking refuge in Macau from invading Mongols in 1277.

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